The New Influencers: The Expanding Role of Middle Powers in Africa
August 28th, 2024
Courtesy of Harvard’s Belfer Center, a new report on the expanding role of Middle Powers such as Brazil, India, Japan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, and Qatar in Africa: This original primer, conducted as research for The Africa Futures Project, is an initial exploration into the evolving roles and increasing influence of “middle powers” in […]
Read more »Economic Bridges: The Gulf States’ Strategic Expansion Across Africa’s Key Sectors
August 17th, 2024
Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at how – historically – the Arabian Peninsula played a key role as a maritime hub connecting East African trade routes to the Middle East: Historically, the Arabian Peninsula played a key role as a maritime hub connecting East African trade routes to the Middle East. Today, three Gulf Cooperation […]
Read more »Qatar Invests in US-Backed Fund To Loosen China Dominance of Critical Minerals
August 6th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on a first such collaboration between western and Gulf states to challenge Asian nation over supply of clean energy minerals: Qatar has invested in a US-backed initiative designed to loosen China’s dominance of minerals critical to clean energy in the first such collaboration between a western and Gulf […]
Read more »Qatar Airways To Take Control Of RwandAir
June 16th, 2024
Prior to the pandemic Qatar Airways was looking at taking a 49% stake in RwandAir after already having invested in and taken control of the Kigali airport. The plan was to improve RwandAir’s systems and quality, and bring them into oneworld although it was not clear at the time whether the airline would become a full or ‘connect’ […]
Read more »Qatar Energy Minister Hails China Partnerships on LNG, Renewables, Supertankers
June 8th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, an article on growing ties between Qatar and China: After his visit to Beijing to sign US$6 billion shipbuilding deal, Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi reports friendly meetings and good prospects for further cooperation Behind the shipping deal, there is strong demand for the Gulf state’s natural gas from China, which […]
Read more »Algeria Signs $3.5B Deal with Qatari Firm to Develop World’s Largest Dairy Farm
April 28th, 2024
Via Al Monitor, a report on a Qatari food giant’s recent announcement of a $3.5 billion agreement with the Algerian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to develop the world’s largest integrated dairy farming and production project in the south of the African country: Qatari food company Baladna has signed a $3.5 billion agreement with […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.